Cartooning Characters With Jack Keely

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Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2004-01-01
Publisher(s): Walter Foster Publishing
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Summary

Discover the exciting world of cartooning! In this book, Jack Keely invites you into his artistic world as he shows you how to create your own entertaining cartoon characters. The author explains his own cartooning techniques as well as his unique methods of developing a cartoon character while sharing helpful tips on basic shapes, exaggeration, body language, and more. Inside, you will learn about important concepts such as how to apply anthropomorphism and how to use lines of action to draw characters in motion. Moreover, you will find a wealth of comical characters to inspire you. This book is sure to be a welcome addition to any cartooning enthusiast’s library!

Table of Contents

Square One
3(1)
Getting Started
Tomayto, Tomahto
4(2)
A Personal Point of View
From the Top
6(1)
The Human Head
Funny Face
7(1)
The Cartoon Head
Feelings...Wo Wo Wo
8(2)
Showing Emotion
Let's Face It
10(2)
Creating Characters
Beyond Humpty Dumpty
12(2)
Eccentric Head Shapes
Heads Up
14(1)
The Head in Motion
Get a Grip
15(1)
Hands and Feet
Body Language
16(2)
Human and Cartoon Figures
Quite a Character
18(2)
Personality Types
There Goes the Neighborhood
20(2)
More Personality Types
Growing Pains
22(2)
From Baby on Up
It's Alive!
24(2)
Action Figures
Wadda Zoo
26(2)
Animals
Animal Wisecrackers
28(2)
Anthropomorphism
Crash, Boom, Bang!
30(1)
Special Effects
A Last Hurrah
31
Final Thoughts

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